New York State Exam Workshop
ELA and Mathematics
3rd Grade
Testing Dates
ELA—April 14th-16th
Math—April 22nd-24th
Test Format--ELA
Day 1
Day 2
Day 2
Day 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 2
Book 3
Reading
Reading
Writing
Writing
Passages
5
1
2
3
Multiple Choice
Questions
30
7
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-
Short-Response
Questions
-
-
3
5
ExtendedResponse
Questions
-
-
1
1
Test Format--ELA
Total Number of Literary
Passages— 4 to 7
Total Number of Informational
Passages– 4 to 7
Each Testing Day will be scheduled
to allow 70 minutes for completion.
Question Formats
 Multiple-Choice Questions—designed to assess
Common Core Reading and Language Standards. They will
ask students to analyze different aspects of a given text,
including central idea, style elements, character and plot
development, and vocabulary.
 These questions can only be answers correctly if the student
comprehends and makes use of the whole passages.
 They will have to select the correct response from four
answer choices.
Question Formats
 Short-Response Questions—designed to assess
Common Core Reading and Language Standards. These are
single questions in which students use textual evidence to
support their own answers to an inferential questions. These
questions ask the student to make an inference (a claim,
position, or conclusion) based on their analysis of the
passage.
 Sample Two-Credit Question:
 What is the main purpose of the 2015 Test Guide? Provide
two-text based details to support your answer.
 Responses should require no more than three
complete sentences. (SEEE)
Question Formats
 Extended-Response Questions—designed to assess
Writing from Sources. They will focus primarily on Common
Core Writing Standards. Extended-response questions will
require comprehension and analysis of an individual text.
Many extended-response questions will ask students to
express a position and support it with text-based details.
 These questions allow students to demonstrate their
ability to write a coherent essay using textual
evidence to support their ideas.
Rubrics
 To see rubrics used for the Short-Answer Responses (2 point
system) and Extended-Responses (4 points) you can visit:
 file:///C:/Users/admin/Downloads/grade-3-ela-guide2015.pdf
Test Format-Mathematics
Book
Number of
MultipleChoice
Questions
Number of
ShortResponse
Questions
Number of
ExtendedResponse
Questions
Total number
of Questions
1
24
0
0
24
2
24
0
0
24
3
0
5
3
8
Total
48
5
3
56
Test Format-Mathematics
Day 1 and Day 2 will be scheduled
to allow 60 minutes each for
completion.
Day 3 will be scheduled to allow 70
minutes for completion.
Question Formats
 Multiple-Choice Questions—designed to assess CCLS
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for Mathematics. They will mainly be used to assess standrd
algorithms and conceptual standards.
Incorporate both Standards and Standards for Mathematical
Practices, some in real world applications.
Questions require students to complete multiple steps.
Drawing on the application of multiple skills and concepts.
Distractors will all be based on plausible missteps.
Question Formats
 Short-Response Questions—are similar to
past 2-point questions, requiring students to
complete a task and show their work. Like
multiple-choice questions, short-response
questions will often require multiple steps, the
application of multiple mathematics skills, and
real-world applications.
Question Formats
 Extended-Response Questions—similar to past 3-point
questions, asking students to show their work in completing
two or more tasks or a more extensive problem. Extendedresponse questions allow students to show their
understanding of mathematical procedures, conceptual
understanding, and application.
 May also assess student reasoning and the ability to critiqure
the arguments of others.
Rubrics
 To see rubrics used for the Short-Answer Responses (2 point
system) and Extended-Responses (3 points) you can visit:
 file:///C:/Users/admin/Downloads/grade-3-math-guide2015.pdf
Sources
 http://engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-passage
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selection-resources-for-grade-3-8- assessments.
http://engageny.org/resource/appendix-b-common-corestandards-for-elaliteracy-text-exemplarsand-sampleperformance/.
http://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-statecommon-core-sample-questions
http://engageny.org/resource/common-core-assessmentdesign
http://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-statecommon-core-sample-questions